CLOSE SportsPulse: NFL stars couldn’t hide their excitement for the NCAA video game to come back this year. Heisman winner Devonta Smith also wasn’t shy about why he should be on the cover of it. USA TODAY Just like that, Xavier Worthy was gone in a flash — living up to the nickname he earned as a hot-shot prospect in California. The lightning bolt of a receiver announced Thursday on Twitter he submitted a request to be released from the national letter of intent he signed with Michigan footballin December because of “circumstances beyond my control.” Worthy was an early signee, but opted not to join the program as an early enrollee in January. Now he remains in a transitional phase between high school star and promising college newcomer. The news of Worthy’s planned departure rocked the Wolverines like a blindside hit — the latest of many absorbed by the program in…
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